Debian: DSA-2473-1: openoffice.org security update

Date16 May 2012

CategoryDebian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

Tielei Wang discovered that OpenOffice.org does not allocate a large enough memory region when processing a specially crafted JPEG object, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially arbitrary code execution.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2473-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.%MINIFYHTML5ae9ae962bca0312e8c6e28d6b70ed6413%http://www.debian.org/security/                            Florian Weimer
May 16, 2012                           http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : openoffice.org
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem type   : local (remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2012-1149

Tielei Wang discovered that OpenOffice.org does not allocate a large
enough memory region when processing a specially crafted JPEG object,
leading to a heap-based buffer overflow and potentially arbitrary code
execution.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:3.2.1-11+squeeze5.

For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution
(sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:3.4.5-1 of the
libreoffice package.

We recommend that you upgrade your openoffice.org packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

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